Perl::Critic::Policy::Perl::Critic::Policy::Subroutines::ProhibitReturnSort(3)NAMEPerl::Critic::Policy::Subroutines::ProhibitReturnSort - Behavior of
"sort" is not defined if called in scalar context.
AFFILIATION
This Policy is part of the core Perl::Critic distribution.
DESCRIPTION
The behavior of the builtin "sort" function is not defined if called in
scalar context. So if you write a subroutine that directly "return"s
the result of a "sort" operation, then you code will behave
unpredictably if someone calls your subroutine in a scalar context.
This Policy emits a violation if the "return" keyword is directly
followed by the "sort" function. To safely return a sorted list of
values from a subroutine, you should assign the sorted values to a
temporary variable first. For example:
sub frobulate {
return sort @list; # not ok!
@sorted_list = sort @list;
return @sort # ok
}
KNOWN BUGS
This Policy is not sensitive to the "wantarray" function. So the
following code would generate a false violation:
sub frobulate {
if (wantarray) {
return sort @list;
}
else{
return join @list;
}
}
CONFIGURATION
This Policy is not configurable except for the standard options.
CREDITS
This Policy was suggested by Ulrich Wisser and the <http://iis.se>
team.
AUTHOR
Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer <jeff@imaginative-software.com>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2005-2011 Imaginative Software Systems. All rights
reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself. The full text of this license can
be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.
perl v5.14.1Perl::Critic::Policy::Subroutines::ProhibitReturnSort(3)
